South Reinkalistan wrote:RE: the topic of young characters.
It honestly depends on how realistic you want to be. Frankly, modern nations tend to have older heads of state for a reason: young people tend to be really fucking stupid, and this is reflected in a lot of the attitudes held towards young politicians. Of course, this is no reason to become a full-blown gerontocracy (looking at you, USA), but I think taking power at any age between 18 and 30 is stretching it a little.
Unless, of course, you have a particular national culture that values youth; or political intricacies which have thrust the role of leadership upon a young person (i.e., an absolute monarch dying while their heir is still in their 20s). If you want to have some magic fantasy world where everyone's looking young and fresh no matter their age, go ahead -- but I don't think it's good if you're going for gritty realism. Heads of state are rarely youthful and handsome, they're old and portly. A lot of NSers just don't really like to come to terms with this.
I think most users perfectly understand the reasons why heads of state tend to be older.




). And, if you look at the world's current youngest-serving leader, he's 29; the second-youngest world leader is 34. Both are elected positions (I think), but they're not young enough to be university students or anything.






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